LIQUID DEVELOPMENT ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS

摘要

A liquid development electrophotographic apparatus using a liquid toner exhibiting nonvolatility and having a high viscosity and a high concentration as a liquid developer, in which the liquid developer is supplied in contact with a photosensitive drums (11-14) on which electrostatic latent images are formed, and toner particles of the liquid developer are adhered to the photosensitive drums (11-14) according to the electric fields produced between an intermediate transfer roller and the respective photosensitive drums (11-14) so as to form toner images, an intermediate transfer part is composed of the intermediate transfer roller (15) and an intermediate transfer belt (16) and used for transfer the toner images on the photosensitive drums onto the intermediate transfer belt, a transfer fixing part has a heater for heating and fusing the toner images transferred onto the intermediate transfer belt (16) at a contact portion in contact with a printing medium and fuse-transferring them onto the printing medium, and a developing part is disposed at the lower part of the apparatus. Therefore even if the liquid developer leaks, the printing medium and the intermediate transfer part do not stain.